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Nokia’s People First concept takes three human universals of the way people think about communication – time, lists, and people – to inspire and examine new user interface ideas. People First is part of “Homegrown”, a long term research project that explores more sustainable mobile phone choices.
People First’s navigation is shallow with minimum use of metaphors and abstractions (folders, applications, etc…) Your personal history of events in maintained in a singular vertical list settling over time, with new content being added at the top of the list.
One interesting fact about People First is that Nokia is “encouraging personalization, hacking, and entrepreneurial ventures with widgets support, accessible native programming language (as simple as html) and freely available hardware and software specifications.”
Check out another design from the Nokia Homegrown project:
It doesn’t get any greener than this. A mobile phone made entirely from recycled material. Nokia unveiled ‘remade’, an environment friendly phone concept at the Mobile World Congress. The silver-coloured handset’s chasis is made with plastic from drink bottles while its rubber keypad is made from o… [More]
A dual layer display allows the user to balance energy efficiency with rich visuals. The user interface graphics are optimized for low-power and high-contrast B&W graphics. When an item is highlighted, a second full color display is partially activated in lieu of, or in combination with the first.
In an effort to increase local relevance, dynamic keymat graphics, based on a low-power bi-stable display, allow a greater number of language variants at little to no extra cost and on-screen actions are presented in textual and iconic form making the system accessible to a larger audience.
(behance.net)
References: pressbulletinboard.nokia, behance.net
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